Nvs Men Of Courage

Little rock, Arkansas 1957 in Warriors don’t cry by Melba Pattillo Beals, her and eight other African American, high school students integrates Central High School. Only eight of the nine that begin at Central High lasted for the full year. Melba and her eight friends face new wars every day. These are some of the traits she uses to survive her year and overcome her enemies at Central High School. Melba relies on her courage, faith, and not only her physical strength, but her mental strength as well.

Over thousands of blacks were discriminated in the 1950s because of their skin color. Blacks and whites were prohibited to go to the same school just because of their skin color. However, in the year of 1957 the Little Rock Nine were the first nine black students that integrated to Central High. If this group of people didn’t have the courage to attend Central High our schools would be extremely different today.

In the Vietnam War, Specialist Fourth Class John Baca not only led his team to a firing position, but also risked his life to save his team. Baca was behind his team when a grenade was thrown into the air. When it landed, he capped the fragmentation grenade with his helmet and jumped on top of it, completely disregarding his own safety. Also in the Vietnam War, Specialist Fifth Class Clarence Sasser crawled through a field of explosions and smoke to save his men. Specialist Sasser assisted one soldier to safety and was shot in the shoulder by pieces of an exploding rocket. Even after sustaining painful injuries, Specialist Sasser drug himself through the bloody battlefield to continue saving any wounded soldier he could. Both Specialist Fourth Class Baca and Specialist Fifth Class Sasser were presented with the Medal of Honor posthumously. In addition to these Medal of Honor recipient’s, the Medal of Honor has been awarded over 3,400 times by the President of the

Remember the Titans, a Jerry Bruckheimer film takes place during 1971, in Alexandria, Virginia. This movie is the result of the integration process in public schools. To the naked eye this movie would seemingly be about a team that had to overcome a few obstacles to win the state championship. However, to those who are more observant this movie goes beyond the events that take place on the field to the bigger picture, which is that people from different races are not all that different. With a little help from Coach Boone, Coach Yoast, Gerry Bertier, and Julius Campbell, the team is able to form an unbreakable bond that brings everyone in the community together.

In the two years following the German invasion of Norway in 1940, Norwegians around the world struggled to find ways to help their homeland.

In 1945, the sinking of Indianapolis led to the greatest single loss of life at sea, from a single ship, in the history of the US Navy. The ship had just finished a high-speed trip to United States Army Air Force Base at Tinian, to deliver parts of the first atomic bomb ever used in combat (the United States' Little Boy atomic bomb), and was on training duty.

For my reading assignment, I chose “The Rocket Boys” by Homer Hickam Jr. It is an autobiography written more like a fiction novel about a high school aged boy, Homer, who lived in a coal mining town named Coalwood. His father ran the coal mine and wanted his son to follow in his footsteps but Homer did not want to become a miner. He wanted to grow up to be a rocket engineer. Homer and his father were never great friends and this built tension between them all the way through Homer’s high school years. This passion for rockets began while Homer was watching the Russians launch a satellite into space for the first time ever. He started to learn about rockets and with a group of friends, he started to

In the novel ‘Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry’, several characters have persevered through injustice, hardship, and extreme racism. One of these characters is Mrs. Logan (Mama), who showed a lot of courage in school, by supposedly ruining the ‘new’ books that had been discarded to them from the white kids at the white school, so far that she got fired for it, but everyone knows that it was really for a different reason; shopping in Vicksburg, which also showed an incredible amount of courage, and this courage in Vicksburg was also demonstrated by the other Logan adults and Mr. Jamison. The Logans showed courage just in going there in general, and Mr. Jamison showed it by backing their credits for it. Both of these were dangerous via the Wallaces

A Few Good Men is a 1992 American drama film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, and Demi Moore. It was adapted for the screen by Aaron Sorkin from his play of the same name. A courtroom drama, the film revolves around the court martial of two U.S. Marinescharged with the murder of a fellow Marine and the tribulations of their lawyer as he prepares a case to defend his clients.

The concept of the theatrical feature Pearl Harbor was to replicate the epic battle in 1941 for the 60th anniversary of the infamous event. The film was directed by Michael Bay and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, which stars Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Alec Baldwin. The

When she was born, her mother, Leonie the Strong looked at her with love in her heart that spilled out into her eyes and was upon her face for all to see. Her father Kevin the Unsure, loved her also and showed his love by working hard, for that was all he knew. He worked day and night cooking food for the winged warriors to keep them strong. He wished to spend more time with his family, but felt easier in the presence of the warriors.

In the biographical movie, Unbroken premiered in 2014, Louie Zamperini, a renowned Olympian enlists in the U.S. Air Corps during World War II. This movie is based off the personal account

To me G.R.I.T is your perseverance, integrity, your self motivation, and your strength of character . G.R.I.T is also a characteristic that enables one to continue when situations are difficult.Angela Duckworth, a behavioral Psychologist, stated, “ G.R.I.T is passion and perseverance . One may not be the most intellectual or talented to possess G.R.I.T”. G.R.I.T will make an individual successful.

“Creativity takes courage”- Henri Matisse. One person’s art can be based on aging and death. When another person’s art can be affected by politics. Both women are different but almost the same. They don’t know each other or each other art.

The themes courage and loyalty have been used for many years. The trait courage means to face difficulty, challenges, and danger, even if there is an element of major risk and loyalty is to commit or show devotion to something or someone. Courage and loyalty go together excellently as loyalty towards someone or something can drive a person to do courageous acts. A great example is the firefighters at the Chernobyl nuclear accident. These firefighters rushed into the nuclear power plant after it failed in an effort to put out the fire and save people and after they were taken to the hospital where they would die of radiation poisoning. The firefighters demonstrated courage and loyalty towards the people who needed their help even though it was a dangerous situation. Not only are these traits shown though out real life, they are also present in the media in the form of themes. Ranging from television, movies, music, and literature, the theme loyalty and courage seem to be very popular. One great example of these themes in the media is the book “Home Truths”, by Jill Maclean. The story is about a fourteen year old boy who shows courage and loyalty towards his younger sister as he protects her from their abusive father. Clearly, these stories have a definitive theme of loyalty and courage but perhaps, one of the best examples of courage and loyalty is the novel “The Chrysalids” by John Wyndham. The Chrysalids is a story about a boy named David who can telepathically communicate